Pensioner dies after falling into Thames at Waterloo Bridge

A pensioner has died in hospital after falling into the Thames yesterday morning.

Officers were called to Waterloo Bridge shortly before 8am on Saturday following reports that a man had fallen into the river.

Boats from the Metropolitan Police's Marine Policing Unit and Maritime and Coastguard Agency attended and the man was pulled from the water a few minutes later. He was then taken to Victoria Embankment.

London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance attended and treated the man, who is believed to have been aged 70. He was taken to an east London hospital where he was said to be in a life-threatening condition but died on Sunday morning.

His death is not being treated as suspicious, Scotland Yard said.

Officers from Lambeth are investigating and have appealed for any witnesses to the incident to come forward.

In particular, they would like to speak with another man who was on Waterloo Bridge at the time the man fell.